Page 145 of Silk Sheets

He leaned down to kiss me, and the heat of his body warmed my skin. His arm slipped around my waist, holding me closer until he broke the kiss and stepped back.

He didn’t have to say anything, so knowingly, I headed back inside.We couldn’t.

* * *

Barefoot, I tip-toed to Kaden’s bedroom and quietly opened thedoor.

“Kaden?” I whispered, squinting my tired eyes with a yawn.

His bedroom was empty so I closed the door, creeping inside. I poked my head into the steam filled bathroom and he caught my eyes in the mirror above the sink. I smiled, trailing my eyes down his muscular tattooed back.

I walked over but before I could wrap my arms around him he turned, taking my face in his hands to kiss me.

I smiled into the kiss, lifting my hands to hold his waist. Slowly pulling his lips from mine, he stared down at me with a warmth so profound it sent my heart thrashing in my chest. He stepped closer, just a bit, not allowing any space between us.

His tender gaze settled on me entirely, and when he leaned in, his lips curved into a smile that made my grip on him tighten.

“Are you nervous?” he tilted my head higher, amusement caught in his tone.

I’m pretty sure my eyes were the size of golf balls right now. “You’re smiling,” I poked his chest. “Atme,” I poked my own.

It wasn’t amusement on his face, or a smirk, a grin, a twitch of the corners of his lips, no. It was a smile. A full blown, heart warming smile. Just when I thought Kaden Moretti couldn’t get any more beautiful, he smiles. Atme.

“I can’t smile at the woman I love?” he asked with a chaste kiss and my eyes fluttered closed.

“Say it again,” I breathed when he slightly pulled back, and that gained me a low chuckled from him.

“I—”kiss“Love—”kiss“You, Dakota.” His lips pressed to mine long and hard, and soon our tongues danced with a burning passion.

Gripping the hem of Logan’s t-shirt he pulled it up and over my head, letting my bare chest press to his.

His faint sound of pure satisfaction emitted into the room when our naked skin collided, and my hands rested his shoulders.

Gripping the back of my thighs he hauled me up and I locked my legs around his waist.

Overflowing with joy, I kissed his cheek, neck and shoulders repeatedly as he carried me back into the room and didn’t miss his unwavering smile. I finally kissed his ear, whispering: “I love you too.”

THIRTY-SEVEN

DAKOTA

We had been back home for two weeks, and I’ve been on edge ever since.

A lot had been going on between the guys, and I recently—even before we left for the mountains—and I just… well, I needed my best friend.

“You are aware that you cansitand wait for Logan, right?” Chase yanked me out of my head, and my eyes landed on him across from me.

I was unknowingly pacing up and down the living room with both him and Kaden occasionally casting confused glances my way.

I nodded. “Yeah, you’re right.” I heavily exhaled and found my place beside him.

I had barely been seated for five seconds before I was back to pacing up and down. This time, Chase shut his laptop.

Kaden grabbed my attention thereafter. “Dakota, what’s going on?”

My head snapped up, and I swallowed hard. I opened my mouth to speak—fiddling with my fingers—then clammed shut. “I just… no,” I shook my head. “We need to wait for Logan,” I glanced between the two of them.

“Wait for Logan?” Logan appeared in the doorway, and I swallowed the lump of anxiety down my throat.